Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management

Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management is a unique text, which links these three key areas of tourism: impacts, planning and management. Tourism impacts are multi-faceted and therefore are difficult to plan for and manage. This book looks at all the key players involved - be they tourists, host communities or industry members - and considers a number of approaches and techniques for managing tourism successfully. Now in a second edition this bestselling text has been fully updated to include updated statistics and case studies, including new cases on tourism planning in Dubai, Antarctic/Arctic visitor management, wilderness area management in Montana, 7/7 bombings in the UK and terrorism in Egypt. It also includes new material on governments and planning, the role of tour guides, interpretation, information technology, crisis management and terrorism. Divided into four parts, this text discusses: * The growth, development and impacts of tourism * Tourism planning and management: concepts, issues and key players * Tools and techniques in tourism planning and management: education, regulation and information technology * The future of tourism planning and management: issues of sustainability and the future Up-to-date, international case studies are used to illustrate and provide a real-life context for the theories discussed. Exercises are also included to consolidate learning. * Fully revised new editon of this bestselling text with new and updated case studies and new material on governments and planning, the role of tour guides, interpretation and crisis management amongst others * Links impacts, planning and management in tourism * Global coverage and perspective with cases and examples from the UK, Australia and USA * Takes an applied approach, using international case studies to explain and illustrate the theories discussed

Peter Mason is Professor of Tourism Management and Head of Tourism, Leisure and Sport Management, University of Bedfordshire, UK.

List of figures	p. ix
List of photos	p. xiii
List of tables	p. xv
List of abbreviations	p. xvii
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xix
Acknowledgements: Second Edition	p. xxi
Introduction	p. xxiii
Tourism Growth, Development and Impacts	p. 1
Social change and the growth of tourism	p. 3
Introduction	p. 4
Key perspectives	p. 5
Summary	p. 21
Student activities	p. 22
Theoretical perspectives on tourism development	p. 24
Introduction	p. 25
Key perspectives	p. 25
Summary	p. 33
Student activities	p. 34
An introduction to tourism impacts	p. 35
Introduction	p. 36
Key perspectives	p. 36
Summary	p. 42
Student activities	p. 43
The economic impacts of tourism	p. 44
Introduction	p. 45
Key perspectives	p. 45
Summary	p. 54
Student activities	p. 55
The socio-cultural impacts of tourism	p. 56
Introduction	p. 57
Key perspectives	p. 57
Summary	p. 67
Student activities	p. 68
Environmental impacts of tourism	p. 69
Introduction	p. 70
Key perspectives	p. 70
Summary	p. 81
Student activities	p. 82
Conclusions to part one	p. 83
Tourism Planning and Management: Concepts, Issues and Players	p. 85
Tourism planning and management: Concepts and issues	p. 87
Introduction	p. 88
Key perspectives	p. 88
Summary	p. 110
Student activities	p. 111
The key players in tourism planning and management	p. 112
Introduction	p. 113
Key perspectives	p. 113
Summary	p. 133
Student activities	p. 134
Visitor management	p. 135
Introduction	p. 136
Key perspectives	p. 136
Summary	p. 149
Student activities	p. 150
Managing the natural resources for tourism	p. 151
Introduction	p. 152
Key perspectives	p. 152
Summary	p. 163
Student activities	p. 164
Tourism planning and management and the host community	p. 165
Introduction	p. 166
Key perspectives	p. 166
Summary	p. 176
Student activities	p. 176
Tourism planning and management and the tourism industry	p. 177
Introduction	p. 178
Key perspectives	p. 178
Summary	p. 189
Student activities	p. 189
Partnerships and collaboration in tourism	p. 191
Introduction	p. 192
Key perspectives	p. 192
Summary	p. 200
Student activities	p. 202
Tools and Techniques in Tourism Planning and Management	p. 207
Education as a technique in tourism planning and management	p. 209
Introduction	p. 210
Key perspectives	p. 210
Summary	p. 219
Student activities	p. 219
Self-regulation as a technique in tourism planning and management	p. 222
Introduction	p. 223
Key perspectives	p. 223
Summary	p. 232
Student activities	p. 233
Information technology and tourism planning and management	p. 234
Introduction	p. 235
Key perspectives	p. 235
Summary	p. 240
Student activities	p. 240
The Future of Tourism Planning and Management	p. 241
Tourism planning and management and sustainability	p. 243
Introduction	p. 244
Key perspectives	p. 244
Summary	p. 259
Student activities	p. 260
Conclusions and the future of tourism planning and management	p. 261
Influences on the future of tourism	p. 262
Student activities	p. 271
References	p. 273
Index	p. 285
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